Winter

Winter is coming, and no, we're not talking about the Starks in Westeros. We're talking about real-life winter woes, like icy sidewalks that turn a simple walk into a slippery slope of dangers. Enter the Cane Ice Grip...

Gogglesoc. Now I'm neither skier nor snowboarder, but I find it hard to believe the product itself - a microfiber protective goggle cover - can compete with its name. They called it Gogglesoc, dudes. That's right up there...

Pushing snow. That sounds a little nicer, a little less likely to throw my back out, than shoveling snow. Don't get me wrong, I'm still not excited about the prospect of receiving a Snowcaster Wheeled Snow Pusher & Barn...

Welp, we know what The Better Ice Scraper thinks of itself. No insecurity issues there. I guess that makes it an even better gift for teens - they can gain confidence from it at the same time they gain confidence in using...

This Heated Windshield Ice Scraper looks like a SkyMall especiale! (RIP SkyMall, at least from the skies. I've heard you can still shop their 1980s-era gadgets online.) And you know what that means: gift for Dad, ordered...

When winter piles on the snow, the Snow Joe Cordless Electric Snow Shovel...moves it around and piles it elsewhere. Just like a manual shovel, but presumably without making you break a sweat under your puffy coat, or...

The Assled is a new wearable snow sled from Snowfeet, a Czech company in the business of making unique recreational snow products, and naming them exactly what they are. (See their namesake Snowfeet, and Skiskates.)...

I can't say no starfish were harmed in the making of ECO-ST, a pet and eco-friendly ice melt made from starfish extract. But I can say - and this is news to me - the de-icer uses starfish bio-waste for good reason: in...

This cordless electric snow shovel from Earthwise is also aptly described as a snow thrower. A snow caster. A snow dozer. And, if it works as advertised, a snow superhero...

FUNBOY's giant Inflatable Snow Sleigh is 70" long, 30" wide, and burly enough to take 2 of you on Houndstooth or Gondola-designed sledding adventures this winter. All you need is an air pump, or some COVID-free lungs...

The only thing I like to shovel is food, into my mouth, so I am very happy to see the Snowbot autonomous snowblower making its way (in a haze of white powder!) to market. A Roomba-style robot for the outdoors, the Snowbot...

People love to hype skiing and snowboarding in the winter, rave about hiking and camping in the summer, and all the superlatives they use, and the glossy eyes they get when waxing poetic about how much joy and wholeness...

The best part about SnowClaw's Backcountry Snow Shovel? OK, maybe second best part, after its ability to help you out in a snowed-in car emergency. The shovel is a multi-tool that can also double as a sled, so when there's...

Who's ready for some flying duckballs to the face? I know it sounds gross, but think of it as...as...a delicacy. Yeah, that's it, a delicacy of snowball fights...

The biting morning cold. The cringey sound of the scraper. The reach across your windshield that has a 50/50 chance of tweaking your back. The damp, frozen, useless hand you're left with right when it's time to grip your...

The Winterial Downhill Inflatable Snow Sled is about to blow up your winter recreation. Word on the street is that snow sport alternatives to skiing and snowboarding are going to be especially popular in 2020 since social...

Show off your slick tricks on an even slicker surface this winter with a Slopedeck Snowskate. The Canadian-made hybrid trades in snowboard bindings for a maple cambered deck that mimics a skateboard's in both size and...

When Yukon Charlie's shows off their Yukon Hammerhead Pro HD snow sled with the invite to "#ExperienceWinter," part of me hates them, because F you, Yukon Charlie, I've been shoveling snow for the past 2 hours and I don't...

It may be lovely weather for a sleigh ride together, but I think I'm gonna sled solo on a Bobsla this time. And by "sled" I mean fly downhill and across the snow at speeds of over 20 MPH in this snowmobile / drift kart...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it...create major roof water damage and possibly get so heavy it slides off avalanche-style and takes out my Aunt Jan. RHS Valley Heater roof snow and ice elimination systems emanate 40 watts...

DMOS calls their Stealth Pro Snow Shovel "Your Excalibur with teeth." What a great line! Though it's also a double-edged sword (yuk, yuk, yuk) because Excalibur started out embedded in stone, and no man could pull it...

Oh boy, slid, stuck, and spun-out season is upon us! TreadReady's Adirondack Strap emergency traction device could help you avoid the situation I found myself in a couple weeks ago: Toyota Prius in a blizzard...

Snowfeet look like a lovechild born of a forbidden affair between a pair of skis and a pair of crampons. From the latter Snowfeet got their compact, strap-on design; buckle the foot-shaped shoes over your own pair of...

As much as I love bloopers videos of people slipping on ice and biting it in snowy winter weather, I don't love it when the subject of such videos is me. YakTrax are traction cleats that slip on over your outdoor shoes...